Method and apparatus for deodorizing cream.



J. PRISKEY. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEODORIZING CREAM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 7, 19H.

LQMAMH. Patented D00. 3, 1918.

Katha/"e1 5 to deodorization.

JOHN PRISKEY, OF DETJROT'I, MICHIGAN.

METHOD AN D APPARATUS FOR lDEOJDORIZING CREAM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 191%.

Application filed September 7, 1917. Serial No. 190,262.

To all whom it may concernr Be it known that I, JOHN PRISKEY, a citi zen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain, new and useful Improvements in Methods and Apparatus for Deodorizing Cream, of which the following is a speclficatlon, reference 'beinghad therein to the accompanylng drawings.

The invention relates to apparatus for handling milk and cream and has particu-- lar reference to the means for deodorizing the cream, and to this end the invention comprises the novel construction as hereininafter set forth.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a diagram of the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 22 Fig. 1. A is the pasteurizer and B is the cooler of a cream-handling apparatus, the cream being conveyed from one to the other through a conduit 0. D is my improved deodorlzer, which is preferably arranged in the conduit C so as to operate intermediate the pasteurizer and cooler. The deodorizer com rises essentially an outer receptacle or hol er E, within which is. arranged a hollow porous body supplied through a conduit G, being first passed through a washer H for purifylngit and removing dust, and then passing through a conduit I to the member F. The

member F will be completely immersed in the cream, and therefore the compressed air which passes through the pores of the body will be forced in minute bubbles into the cream and will rise therethrough, eflecting On account of the viscous character of the cream this treatment would produce a froth, resulting in considerable waste. This l[ have prevented by a bubblebreaking device, comprising a downwardly- 4 directed air nozzle J arranged 1n an upward extension K of the casing E which is above the cream outlet. The nozzle J is supplied with compressed air through a branch conduit T, and in operation the downward blast F connected with a source of com-' .30 pressed, purified air. As'shown the air is of air Will break the bubbles and prevent rising of the froth.

By reason of the fact that the space Within the holder E outside of the porous body F is comparatively thin, all of the cream passing theret'hrough will be subjected to the action body into the cream, and means'for breaking" the froth bubbles. 2..An apparatus for deodorizing cream comprising a container for the cream, a hollow porous body immersed in the cream within said container, means for forcing compressed air through said porous body and into the cream, and a downwardly-directed air-jet for breaking the froth bubbles. 3. An apparatus for deodorizing cream, comprising means for continuously feeding the cream, a container forming a part, of the cream conduit, a hollow porous body immersed in the cream within said con-V tainer, means for forcing compressed air through said hollow body into the cream.'

and an air jet in the upper portion of said container directed downward-and serving to break the froth bubbles. Y

4. An apparatus for deodorizing cream,

comprising a container for the cream, a body immersed in the cream within said container and formed with a multiplicity of minute outlets. means for forcing compressed air into said body, and means for breaking the froth bubbles.

5. An apparatus for deodorizing cream, comprising a container for the cream, ahollow porous body immersed in the cream within said container, a restricted passage being formed between said body and container, and means for forcing compressed air through said porous body and into the cream.

6. An apparatus for deodorizing cream, comprising a container for the cream, a body immersed in the cream Within said container and formed with a multiplicity of minuteoutlets, means for forcing compressed air into said body and for inducing a flow of 13 the cream through said container between the interior Wall thereof and the exterior wall of said immersed body.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature.

JOHN PRISKEY. 

